"nāga" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit नाग (nāga). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|नाग}} Sanskrit नाग (nāga) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} nāga m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], nāgo [nominative, singular], nāgā [nominative, plural], nāgaṃ [accusative, singular], nāge [accusative, plural], nāgena [instrumental, singular], nāgehi [instrumental, plural], nāgebhi [instrumental, plural], nāgassa [dative, singular], nāgāya [dative, singular], nāgatthaṃ [dative, singular], nāgānaṃ [dative, plural], nāgasmā [ablative, singular], nāgamhā [ablative, singular], nāgā [ablative, singular], nāgehi [ablative, plural], nāgebhi [ablative, plural], nāgassa [genitive, singular], nāgānaṃ [genitive, plural], nāgasmiṃ [locative, singular], nāgamhi [locative, singular], nāge [locative, singular], nāgesu [locative, plural], nāga [singular, vocative], nāgā [plural, vocative]
  1. serpent Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-tu9dH~DX
  2. cobra Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-2oV1rjYM
  3. naga, dragon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-ugI2lHL4
  4. elephant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-zQjExDFt
  5. ironwood tree Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-lxEf-w89
  6. chief Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-nāga-pi-noun-koWCe4Ax Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 6 4 5 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 𑀦 [Brahmi, character], 𑀸 [Brahmi, character], 𑀕 [Brahmi, character], नाग [Devanagari, character], নাগ [Bengali], නාග [Sinhalese, character], နာဂ, ၼႃၷ [Burmese, character], นาค, นาคะ [Thai, character], ᨶᩣᨣ [Tai-Tham, character], ນາຄ, ນາຄະ [Lao, character], នាគ [Khmer, character], 𑄚 [Chakma, character], 𑄂 [Chakma, character], 𑄉 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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